Woodworking: How to build 3 different kinds of recipe card boxes
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In this video I build 3 different boxes, using 3 different types of wood, 3 different joinery techniques, and 3 different accents! It's a lot to pack into a single video so sit back, relax, and enjoy watching the build. Be sure to comment below which one you vote for!
Woah! Awesome job Drew! There is so much to love about this video. The project itself is great - you packed so many things to learn into this video. As far as my favorite, it's a tough call which one I liked the best. I think maybe the oak, though the Birdseye maple handle was beautiful. Looking past the project, you really took the production to the next level. Loved the voiceover - it made it so clear to follow. The intro and outro really grounded the project - and the outtakes were so much fun. Really cool to see this all come together.
Thanks so much, Doug! Yeah I debated making this a 3-part series but who wants to watch 3 videos of me making basically the same thing? Plus this way, viewers can easily vote for their favorite if they want to. I don't know about taking the production to the next level, haha. I ended up using my cell phone for the voice over, the mic on my phone is better than the one on my headset. Did it all in one take and then just dropped it into the editor. Wasn't sure if I should keep doing the outtakes in my videos or not but I found myself laughing at my own stupid outtakes that I figured why not? lol
I vote for the Mahogany! Great job, man.
Crafted Workshop WOW thanks, Johnny!! Means a lot coming from you!
The finger joints look the best, and this shows craftsmanship quite well. Sure many of us have seen the finger joint used for the box sides, however, today for the first time I see you cleverly making the lid handle with this joint. Having never made a box before I am impressed here. The nested spline idea would be my second choice. I am a huge fan of using multi color woods and grain patterns. Another great video.
Thank you very much, Lee! I actually put a birdseye maple dowel on as the handle for the poplar box but ended up not liking it at all. I chiseled it off but it scarred up the top pretty bad. Then I thought, "What am I going to do to cover these marks?" It was then that I had the idea of the finger-jointed handle. Some screw-ups lead to good ideas I guess. :) Thanks for watching!!
Drew, I really enjoyed the video and seeing how your style has evolved with time.
I plan to make a box as a wedding gift. I will probably use finger joints (a bit wider than yours) and a darker hardwood. I plan to put a finger joint in the handle.
Thanks for the inspiration and the dimensions.
Go for it!
Love these boxes. Very inspiring to watch you work. I love the finger joints, but the Birds Eye maple is really pretty.
Thank you so much!
Poplar, Mahogany and then Oak. All of them are special and unique. Love your personal commentary as you build. You’ve got talent! Thank you for sharing that with us. Keep taking us with you as you continue to build great things.
Thanks so much, Steve! :)
I have been watching your newer videos for quite awhile so it was fun to go back at watch an older one. Great job as always.
Thanks, Rick!
Liked all of them. Also liked that little trick with the rubberbands. So simple but have never thought of it before.
Sometimes even the simplest of ideas can really work out nicely. Thanks for watching and commenting! :)
Ace, as always my vote goes to the nested spline box but it could have just as easily gone to any of them! Thanks for these videos.
Glad you like them!
I particularly like how you integrated the finger joints into the handle of the poplar box. Well done!!
Hey thanks! My favorite part about that project was squishing that finger joint handle together in the vice. lol! Thanks for watching!
All three look great, but my favourite is the oak with the walnut cap and splines
My favorite thing to build is a box! Great video!
Thanks
I would love to have your collection of hardwoods! Maybe I can steal it from your neighbor.
#1 Mahogany #2 Oak # Poplar in that order. I love the warm colors of the Mahogany and that is my favorite one, the oak has warm tones too. It would depend on my kitchen cabinets on which one of those 2 I would choose. All 3 though are beautiful and all the accents are pretty and unusual looking. Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Ursula! :)
I like all 3 Mate, gr8 job on each of them, skilled craftmanship , admiration to you...
Soooooo glad I found this on your channel today. My old plastic card boxes are wrapped in rubber bands to hold them together. I enjoy your approaches, your instructional method, your sense of humor, and the personal bits you share from time to time. After seeing this, I think I will give it a go as time permits. By the way, I like the nested splines and bird's eye maple the best.
Mahogany + birdseye maple. Nice designs. Thanks for sharing.
I like all three of them...especially the one with the finger joints. Nice video and well presented!
Thanks!
Mahogany is definitely my favorite
Thank you for your time very nice job on all three! I am thrilled to say I’m a newbie into woodwork. I am attempting my first box right now! I am using 1/2” box joints. Using two different woods with that being Poplar and Red Oak. I will be trying to incorporate several ideas in this video to come up with my own variation and style!
I am building up my skills so hopefully one day I can make your trick box. That impressed me and gotta try my luck at it soon
That's awesome Paul! Thanks for sharing and have a blast with the box builds! :)
Feels weird watching this old video of yours with the commentary all serious ^^
The lack of satire is scary.
Back when his neighbors stuff was still secure 😂
This was a fun one! Sure hope you all enjoy it. My wife decided to keep the oak lap-jointed box for herself, my mother wanted the mahogany one for her birthday, and the poplar one was given away as a gift to a lady at church. Tell me below which one you think is the best!
I think you missed a great dad joke for the three accents you promised, I was sure you were going to go for Sean Connery, Paul sellers, and Troy from swamp people for your accents. But the ones you did were just great 😁
ALL GREAT, BUT SUCKER FOR PURPLE HEART AND LOVE EMBEDDED SPLINES. dO YOU HAVE PLANS?? THANKS SO MUCH.
If I have to choose only one, I would say mahogany.
Really like all three but favorite is the mahogany. Love the nested splines. You do a great job with the videography and narration.
Thanks, Alan!
Love the finger jointed handle and those nested splines.
All 3 Boxes are beautiful and unique in its own way, it's hard to pick a favorite. Great Job.
Fantastic work, Drew. All three are great. My favorite is the nested spline box.
Great job! Very cool joinery! A couple of tips I picked up on UA-cam - use painters tape to hold the mitered joints together while you glue up - makes it much less nerve racking. Also, spray poly makes a very smooth surface - 3 coats (sanding lightly in between each coat) and then buff with 800 grit sandpaper and finish with finishing wax. Makes the surface like glass! Thanks for all your great posts! (Love the humor too!)
Tough choice to make but I like the splines in the mahogany box, very creative!
Yeah, it's hard to pick my favorite too. But I think I lean towards the mahogany as well. I just love the long feathery grain.
My favorite is the mahogany one. I like the bird's eye splines a lot. And nested splines really pop here too. Awesome job on them all though.
Thanks, Chris!
I love purple heart as your spline. You done a awesome job I loved all three works of art. Thank you for the great video.
I hit like before I even watch your videos because I know you will be very enjoyable to watch and listen to.
Your voice is soothing, you’re funny and the builds always look great!
Well thank you! :)
I like the walnut with the purple heart
I meant the mahogany
This was great again
I'm a sucker for purple heart so I'll have to go with the mahogany box. However, I do like the look of the finger joints.
You did a really nice job on these. Thumbs up!
Thank you much!
Nice and I love the card stand on top!
Can I vote for all three? Each one is beautiful. It makes me want to buy some index cards and start handwriting recipes.
Great project. My favorite was the finger-jointed poplar.
Hi Drew, I'm a beginner myself and I really enjoyed your video very much. Thank you for sharing your expertise in both the video and woodworking. You made it look so easy. Iike the look of the finger joints. I didn't know what a spline was, but I've seen them before and like the accent they provide. Now I need to go watch the outtakes. lol in advance. I like movies with outtakes at the end
Thanks for the kind words, Rodney! I appreciate that!
Nice touch on the finger-jointed handle.
Here's my ranking: Mahogany, Poplar, Oak.
Great Job! I'll definitely be making one (or all) of these boxes soon!
Awesome! Have fun building them! Thanks for watching, Bill!
Nice jointery Drew.
Thanks, Ryan!
Ciao , sei uno dei miei favoriti, i tuoi video sulle scatole sono bellissimi.
Cerco sempre di copiarti ma... è difficile, comunque mi diverto moltissimo grazie a te.
Grazie mille e grazie per aver guardato!
Awe forgot to say which box I liked the best! My favorite was the mahogany box! Again Thank you!
Very nice boxes. I like the finger joints on the handle. Nice touch. Also really like the nested splines. As for choosing...nah, I vote for all three.
Eric Burres thanks, sir!
Hola! 🖐All three are very nice, each with distinct characteristics, so hard to choose just one. Thanks for the inspiration; I love to cook but I have nothing on recipe cards, this project can do two things at once. I can build similar boxes and put "my" recipes on cards to share with my sons. Luckily they all like to cook as well!! Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
Glad you like them!
Anything that has birdseye maple and purpleheart is a winner...plus mahogany?....plus nested splines?
That's one of my favorit-est ones ever!!!
Great video!!!
Thanks, Jason!
Well done, Mr. Fisher!
The poplar's handle makes me smile; it reminds me of the old style subway cars in NYC. ;)
I actually started out putting a 1" birdseye maple dowel on for the handle but didn't like how it looked. I had to pop it off and think up something new. I'm glad I did because I really like the look of the new one too. Plus it was fun squeezing it together in the vice. :)
Awesome!! I'll make it one!! Thx
Great job! The mahogany one is my favourite.
The poplar box, I don't see many wood items in green, it's lovely.
I really dig those splines accent. They just make it look very cool
Wow, thanks kindly for the video. My daughter is having a wedding shower in May and she asked her guests to bring recipes. This will be a great gift from me to collect those memories. I love the Mahogany box for sure. I've started the box, i am actually using walnut and plan to use curly maple for the splines, coming out great so far. Will be making a spline jig today. One quick question, can you remember approximately how big the box top is, (ie: where you cut the box to separate the bottom from the top)?
I don't, sorry. Just make it about 1/8" + your table saw blade kerf taller than the recipe cards you'll be using.
Drew this was an inspirational video; I liked the mahogany box the best.
Thanks, Dwight!
Nice designs.
New here. Love your videos. So much fun to watch. That poplar box I think is my favorite. I love the joints and how you incorporated it into the handle . Just brilliant!
Great work !!. Greetings from Argentina.
Gracias!
I like the mahogany one but each is awesome
Great Idea and build .... I'm usually in favor of darker woods so I pick the Mahogany Box , but they turned out real nice.
Thanks Muz
Like the way you explain how to make these boxes. Just ordered the plans so that I can make these for family. i like the mahagony one.
All 3 were nice but I love the finger jointed one!
Mahogany one is absolutely beautiful!
Super job; these turned out really well. Hard to pick the one I like best, but the purple heart box just won by a nose. Thanks for sharing your obvious skills and giving me ideas. Best wishes.
My favorite is the Poplar with the finger joints
Some very fine detail work there Drew. well done! I like the poplar box with the finger splines. Yes, I have subscribed after looking at your collection of videos you have made.
Thanks Dave. Welcome to the channel
Nothing beats the beautiful grain of oak
It's too difficult to pick my favorite. I like all three.
I hadn't seen the nesting splines before. I really like it.
Beautiful work! I love the video being packed with different techniques and joinery. I learned a lot from this beautiful video. I love making boxes so naturally I save the video for reference. Great Job Drew! I love them all three but I chose the Mahogany box with the Purple Heart.
Joe Porter Pittsburg, KS
Thank you so much!
I love the mahogany!!!
I think that my favorite was the one holding the recipe for the slow cooker kalua pig - you should post that recipe. :D Realistically, I appreciated all three and will probably try to do them myself. Thanks for the videos! Truth be told, I appreciate the humor of your more recent videos more; but all are good.
Thanks Michael. Yes, this was an earlier vid back before I found the humor niche. :)
I have never seen the spline in spline quite that way before, so it gets my vote. Nice work here.
Very nice.
I love all these boxes looks great
Nice job dude i will stay tuned
Love the oak but they are all amazing.
# 1, also the music is great
i like them all, but the oak is my favorite.
Gotta agree with you. That's the one that my wife chose to keep as well. The others were given away as gifts. Thanks for watching!
Walnut love the nested splines.
These came out nice. I’m partial to working with Poplar for a lot of my small projects and I like the grain contrasts. You did excellent on the finger joints. I’m going to try making a similar one as a Christmas gift for my daughter, here goes nothing!
Thanks Craig! Have fun building
Good looking boxes. I’d like to make a suggestion. When using the table saw to cut your kids off, set your blade to leave an 1/8” behind. This way it won’t collapse the lid and make an accidental kerf Mark.
When doing it this way, you can then take a thin kerf blade and hand cut the rest of the box off. Then you will have minimal sanding to do. You can either hand plane what’s left behind or run it through a drum sander.
...and if you’re making a continuous grain and cut the whole lid off on a table saw, even using shims, you stand the chance of the lid collapsing unto itself on the last cut, causing your continuous grain to look sloppy.
REALLY... I LIKE THEM ALL.
I’m a walnut fan so that would be my choice. Nice job.
I know this is an older video but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I like the Poplar with the finger joints the best.
Nice work. Get some packing tape and fold those miters in perfect
Yeah, I think this was before I knew about that technique
hi,
I really think that all 3 boxes are really good and look like they are professionally made, but my favourite would have to be the mahogany one. I like the way you made the maple splines bigger and put a purple heart spline in the centre of the maple. do you have any plans at all please.
Tony.
Hey Tony, I don't have any plans beyond the rough pencil plans I did at the beginning of the video. Thanks for watching!
on mitered corners: You can use a pencil, dowel, etc...and press down/roll along the edge to close them up as well. Saves extra glue/sanding clean up.
Splindid!
I like the mahogany with nested splines
Nested splines, mahogany. Hands down.
walnut is the best, great video, keep it up!
I’m going with the mahogany box, although I would liked to have seen it with the finger joints.
I love the Mahagony.
Thanks, James!
Nice job. My favorite thing to make is small boxes. Question: since the bottom is glued in-at least on one of the boxes- is expansion a problem? I have done the same with no problem but in many videos there is a lot of discussion about the need to allow for expansion. I can't pick a favorite because each is unique but my favorite handle is the mating finger joint. The idea or technique cold be incorporated into many projects. Outtakes a bonus.
I just figured with something so small that expansion probably wouldn't be that big of an issue. Maybe I'm wrong, I'm still pretty new at this. I guess we'll see as time goes on. If they blow up, then lesson learned, and I'll just make a new one. Thanks for watching and commenting, William, I appreciate it!
Considering your age I'd say your skills are very good
I liked the mahogany. Those splines are a very nice touch, especially with real sharply contrasting woods. Are you sure the one you identify as poplar wasn’t elm? It sure looked a lot like the wide elm grain I’m familiar with. It’s hard to tell on a computer. I’d like to get hold of some Paduc (sp?) and use that with some ebony splines. Maybe double splines of the ebony and maple.
Hey Dennis, yeah it was definitely poplar. I got the pieces from a local cabinet shop that discards the greenish pieces of poplar because they don't like the color variance when making cabinets. I, however, love that greenish look. :)
I’m curious... if you still have these boxes. Poplar often changes color over time. This is one reason it’s typically reserved for paint-grade work. Did that happen with your poplar box?
The poplar one went to my uncle so I haven't seen it in years. My wife uses the oak and my mother has the mahogany ones. But color doesn't change "too" much with a film finish and no UV sunlight.
Fisher's Shop An old boss of mine (Design/Build Construction Co) made a tongue-and-groove kitchen ceiling out of poplar. His intention was to paint it, but he liked the look so much, he just coated it with polyurethane. Over the years, the colors changed so much, it was hard to identify what species of wood it was. There was a large window over the sink, so we guessed it was UV-related... but we also realized we’d never seen poplar left unpainted for so long. 😂 Which is why I was curious about that box.
Love the channel, btw! 👍
I'm a big fan of mahogany.
But the joinery goes to the poplar.
The accent goes to the oak.
Overall winner is the mahogany.
This must have been one of your first clips. You are much more fun now. But I love all of your videos.
Yup, this is an older one. :)
Nested spline is my fave.
I know this is an old video. But I would like to see your take on a kitchen utensil holder.
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